Alternative Communication

Encrypted messaging that holds up, and a sober look at which apps quietly hand your metadata to anyone who asks.
  • Basics

    Usually, it is not necessary for buyers to use the following alternative communication methods since the internal market message system should be sufficient. However, it can become necessary to use…

  • Email

    Note: Email providers, especially those run by anonymous people (as most .onion email providers are), can go offline at any time. This happened a lot in the past and will…

  • JabberXMPP

    XMPP is a communications protocol that enables near-real-time chats between any two or more network entities. That means it’s like a skype or Facebook chat between two or more users.…

  • Setup GajimOMEMO

    In this guide, we will cover using Gajim, and OMEMO. This is the recommended way to communicate with XMPP clients. If you already have an XMPP account, like the one…

  • Using pidginOTR XMPP

    For this example setup we will be using The Calyx Institute. You can read about their public jabber servers, Data retention policy, and other information here You do not have…